“I would say to the customer ‘Sir/ma’am, please put your mask up.’ And if there would be no reaction I would add ‘Sir/ma’am, we are not allowed to serve customers without a mask.’ And if there still would be no reaction – I would not serve this customer and would never...
They draw closer, but it is not clear if it is anything more than transactional, but each gives up part of their past to do it: he an elite sense of class that was destroyed when his family was executed; she a box of papers a republican soldier, a boyfriend most likely long since d...
Richard had become a fan of my band, an outfit that gigged regularly in Austin through the late nineties. He first saw us playing just up the street from The Deville, at an early show he could walk to. Labeled Texas Rockabilly, mainly due to our location and appearance, the band was g...
as he stops and turns to pick it up, a woman, who is walking to work earlier than usual because a sudden change of appointment means that she will have to leave work later, gets bumped by a man going in the opposite direction and crashes ...
If popular opinion and gossip had any truth, then Junior’s business was just a convenient way for Big Daddy to dispose of some inconvenient income. A vanity project and money laundering scheme all in one. I set the dossier aside and thought. Clearly Mr. Rich knew the guy from somewhere,...
’s employeebrought him over a coffee and breakfast meal. Someone blessed him with it. His eyes shined more as he opened up a simple breakfast sandwich he did not have to use his pop can money with. God provided for this man. I have seen over and over how He has provided for us....
RBOChristmas Gossip January 1, 2025 — nicoleandmaggie It sounds like next Christmas we won’t be doing the full fly to DH’s parents then drive three hours the next day to BIL’s town and rent an AirBnb. DH’s sister is moving to Canada to be closer to her husband’s family and...
However, you don’t want to be so focused on story ideas at your day job that you end up getting fired for being a bad employee. But if you do get fired, it would be good if you had plenty of amazing story ideas to sell. So it’s a tricky balance. Standing in line at ...
Some time ago, someone told me that he had been told by a leader that he had been chatting with a colleague. As a result, he had missed an opportunity because of the gossip. He chatted with his colleagues that if the public company had no chance to stay for another one or two years...
LITERALLY cried when they found out I was leaving because I was making such a difference in their sanity. I was proud of getting that job too. It actually didn’t exist until I met with the Owners of the company. They made me an employee when they were not hiring. I hated leaving. ...